“You speak as if you spoke with words of wisdom, [but] you have mourned what should not be mourned. Wise men mourn neither those whose life-breath has disappeared, nor those whose breath remains. I never existed; neither you, nor these lords of men. Nor will we cease to exist, all of us, from now on." Krishna's words referred to the idea that Hinduism includes Atman and Brahman. The entire aspect of the Hindu life cycle is brought into conversation solely to reason with Arjuna to kill his family, friends and relatives. The meaning of Krishna's words lies in the application of Dharma. This was very convoluted from my point of view, mainly because I do not possess the potential sense of duty that Arjuna would have as a practitioner of Hinduism and the belief in the power of Krishna. To trigger Arjuna's duty as a warrior, Krishna was very forthright in rebuking that Arjuna's current mindset was not only wrong but also frivolous. The unusual grows in this passage because it seems to teach a lesson of lack of compassion or abandonment towards life in this world. If nothing ever matters because everything is not of this world and will eventually perish, which is the most disturbing aspect of reading this primary